Mitten.



.H. J. DIEM.

MITTEN. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. 1917.

Patented Oct, 1, 1918.

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HANS J. DIEM, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssienoR or ONE-HALF r SANFORD NARROW FABRIC 00., or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

MITTEN.

Application filed December 6, 1917.

' ed a certain new and useful Improvement in Mittens, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to lined, waterproof mittens or hand coverings, and the object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, loosely fitting mitten which may be easily drawn on and worn to protect the hand and arm of the wearer from wet and cold, and quickly removed when a more eflicient use of the fingers is required. The improved mitten is designed more particularly for use by men in various branches of army service; men serving in the trenches and under like conditions of exposure suffer greatly from cold and Wet hands and arms, resulting in a lowering of efficiency due to discomfort and ailments thus induced. Waterproof gloves may be worn to resist the wet but even when equipped with the usual linings do not afford the desired protection against combined wet and cold, and

if fitted to the hand, cannot be removed quickly. The present invention permits sufficient use of the hand in digging and analogous exposed operations while fulfilling the necessary requirements of warmth and dryness under all circumstances, and the mitten may be instantly removed when occasion requires.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show the invention as it has been carried out in practice.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the palm face of the improved mitten, partly broken away to show a horizontal section along one edge or side.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 1 33 in the same figure.

Fig. 4=is a plan view of the palm portion before the insertion of the thumb-piece.

Fig. 5 is a face view of the blank forming such thumb-piece.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented wet. it, 19m

Serial No. 205,811.

"Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the thumbpiece folded and stitched ready for insertion. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the thumb-piece in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The mitten is composed of two distinct, independently formed parts, the outer cover "A and the inner lining. B. The cover is of waterproof material, preferably double texture rubberized cloth consisting of two layers of cotton fabric with a layer of rubber between them, and the lining is of warmth retaining material, preferably canton flannel for reasons of economy and efliciency. Each is constructed similarly to the other in all particulars, but the lining is smaller, about half an inch smaller in every direction in practice, so as to produce a practically continuous air-space m between the lining and cover in all parts of the mitten when the lining is in position within the cover.

As the cover and lining are thus alike, a

description of the former will suffice for both. The hand ortion and inner gauntlet portion-are in a single piece bilaterally symmetrical. and the back is exactly the same in dimensions and contour, so that these parts may be cut in quantities by dies or otherwise without regard to rights or lefts or fronts or backs except that each front or palm portion is provided with a V-cut N to form the thumb opening and provide an angular tongue A therein. In assembling, care must be taken to have such openings oppositely located for the right and left hand mitten of each pair, as will be understood.

The thumb-piece C is formed bilaterally symmetrical as shown in Fig. 5, folded on the center line 0 0 and stitched as at C part way to the base to produce the desired pocket having an inclined margin C at the base or open end. This inclined margin matches to the outer sides of the angular cut N in the palm portion and is joined to the latter by stitches A while the tongue A is raised and stitched between the open margins of the thumb-piece by stitches A and forms the equivalent of the usual gusset.

As before stated the lining B is similarly made inall respects but of smaller dimenhand, the lining and cover are joined by a few stitches A at the extreme end of the palm portion.

In the circumferential pocket between the cover and lining formed by the stitches A A an elastic band D is inclosed, serving to hold the gauntlet snugly but yieldingly to the arm of the wearer, and on the wrist line of the cover on the inside face of the palm portion is stitched a short length of similar elastic, as at D serving to constrict lightly the palm portion across the wrist of the wearer.

The gauntlet may be of any length but preferably extends well up on the upper arm nearly to the shoulder.

The front and back pieces of the cover A are joined along their edges by a continuous line of stitches A except at the mitten opening, and the front and back pieces of the lining are similarly joined by a line of stitches B The seams of the cover may be felled 'and treated as usual to insure against the entrance of Water along the lines of stitches therein.

By making the cover portion of waterproof fabric all dampness is excluded, and by making the lining of heat-retaining material warmth and comfort is insured, and by providing the considerable air-space in all parts of the mitten between the cover and lining, the latter is well insulated from the former and the warmth of the hand and arm efficiently conserved.

The manufacture is extremely simple and inexpensive.

By the words completely formed I mean that the lining pieces are sewed together to form a complete mitten, and the outside pieces are sewed together to form a complete mitten; then the inner mitten is thrust inside the outer mitten and the two stitched together at the wrist only.

It will be understood that the invention may be applied to gloves or otherforms of hand coverings, but for army purposes the simple mitten is considered preferable.

I claim 1. In a mitten or the like, an outer cover of Waterproof material, having the front and back alike and each bilaterally symmetrical and joined to form a complete mitten-structure, and a lining portion of warmth-retaining material having'the front and back alike and each bilaterally symmetrical and joined to form a complete mitten-structure similar to but smaller than said cover, inserted within the latter and joined thereto by stitching together the margins of the mitten-opening of each and the extreme ends of the hand portions of each to provide a continuous airspace between said lining and'cover in all parts of such mitten.

2. In a mitten or the like, a palm portion having a V-shaped cut therein producing an angular tongue, and a thumb-piece folded upon itself and having its side margins stitched together from the end partially to the base margins, said base margins stitched to the palm portion along the lines of said out, and the said tongue stitched to said thumb-piece along the open unstitched portions of said side margins, and a lining formed independently of the palm portion and disposed within the mitten and disconnected therefrom substantially throughout its entire area.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix my signature.

HANS J. DIEM. 

